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Flame retardant okayed for use in plastics
Dow buys Rohm & Haas
Acrylic marks 75th birthday
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Flame retardant okayed for use in plasticss
The federal government will continue to permit use of decabromodiphenyl ether (“deca”) as a flame retardant in plastics. This was one of 200 chemicals examined by Environment Canada and Health Canada for toxicity, to decide if they should be regulated. Its production within Canada will not be permitted, but since there are no production sites here, and none planned, this is not a contentious issue in the ruling.
Deca is used in plastic housings, wiring and other polymer products. The ruling, while allowing continued deca use, also seeks voluntary minimising of levels of it finding their way into the environment. Federal agencies will also look to see if there is a need for further controls on the chemical, depending on levels of exposure to Canadians and the environment.
www.ec.gc.ca
Dow buys Rohm & Haas
Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.) is buying Rohm & Haas Co., the US-based specialty chemicals producer, in a deal worth $19-billion. The company describes the purchase as “a pivotal point in Dow´s transformation,” in which it is paying $78 per share. The transaction is backed by Warren Buffett´s Berkshire Hathaway Group and the Kuwait Investment Authority, with debt financing supplied by Citi, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
Dow has been moving out of commodity plastics and into less cyclical sectors. Most of its commodity plastics business is now invested in a joint venture with PIC of Kuwait.
Dow is already a major additives supplier, making biocides, crosslinkers, lubricants, polymer modifiers. antistats and blowing agents.
Rohm & Haas’s additives lineup includes its widely used acrylic-based impact modifiers and process aids for vinyl and other plastics, heat stabilizers and lubricants for vinyl, specialty waxes, plasticizers and anti-microbial agents. The Philadelphia-based firm has an extensive polymers profile but most are aimed at specialty applications such as coatings and other industrial uses. It exited the acrylic sheet business 10 years ago.
www.dow.com
Acrylic marks 75th birthday
Plexiglas acrylic has been used by designers and engineers since its commercialisation in 1933 for everything from automobiles and airplanes to office buildings and consumer goods. In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of this brand of acrylic, Jack Reilly (pictured left), Altuglas International's R&D manager, and Gary Hall, senior staff technician, presented this icon, “Plexiglas King of G Cell Cast Acrylic Sheet”, to Patrick Shea (at right), senior archivist of the Chemical Heritage Foundation (Philadelphia, Pa.)
The image, developed to promote Plexiglas G cell cast acrylic sheet at a national sign industry exposition in 1970, will be housed permanently at CHF headquarters in Philadelphia, adjacent to Independence National Historic Park. A new museum at CHF scheduled to open this fall will maintain a collection of materials that document the history and heritage of the chemical sciences and technologies.
www.plexiglas.com/history, www.chemheritage.org
Cargill to open bio-polyols plant
Cargill Inc. (Minneapolis) has broken ground on a $22-million plant for BiOH-brand polyols in Chicago. The company says this facility, expected to be operational in November, will be the first world-scale bio-based polyols plant. It will produce Cargill's BiOH soybean-based polyols, which are designed to replace petroleum-based chemicals traditionally used for polyurethane products such as flexible foam.
Cargill said in a news release that BiOH polyols “provide a responsible choice in raw materials for furniture cushioning, bedding foams, automotive seats, and building insulation.” The firm also stated that manufacturing BiOH polyols results in 36 percent less in global-warming emissions and needs 61 percent less non-renewable energy than traditional petroleum-based polyols. It claims that for every million lb of BiOH polyols that replace petroleum polyols, 2,200 barrels of crude oil are saved.
The company says
BiOH polyols can deliver unique performance benefits when used in flexible foam applications, including consistent product quality, low odour and load-bearing capabilities.
www.cargill.com
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Changes
Future Design (Mississauga, Ont.) has appointed Gary Gould as president. He will assume total responsibility for the management and operations for the company. Company founder Robert Krycki will be available as an advisor when called upon.
www.saturn2.com
Gary Gould
Sepro America, LLC, (Pittsburgh, Pa.) has appointed Larry Bonehill of Shadow Automation, Inc. (Uxbridge, Ont.) to sell its robots, automation systems, end-of-arm tooling and in-mould labeling solutions throughout Ontario. In Quebec, Sepro America is represented by Industries Laferriere, Inc. (Mascouche, Que.)
www.seproamerica.com
Dalan Plastics (Honeywood, Ont.) has closed, and owner David Hahn has retired from the industry. The Cinpres line of equipment is now handled in Canada by Noxoplas Inc. (Lasalle, Que.), owned by Marc Delplace.
www.gasinjection.com
BSI Management Systems has awarded Weber Manufacturing Technologies Inc. (Midland, Ont.) the Certificate of Registration to AS9100 Rev. B and ISO 9001:2000. This certification combines with the company's team of 15 designers and CAD/CAM specialists, its use of Unigraphics NX for solid modeling, and machine tools with a variety of simultaneous, 5-axis CNC machining centres to give the company a full range of tools and methodologies for aerospace applications.
www.webermfg.ca
Ampacet (Tarrytown, NY) has appointed Mike Schumacher sales representative in Ontario for Ampacet Canada. He was previously a data coordinator, colour chemist and manufacturing specialist with Ampacet, and reports to Mike Dubreuil, Canadian sales manager.
www.ampacet.com
Mike Schumacher
Doug Brewster is the new national sales manager for Conair. He will be responsible for all sales activity in the US and Canada, and will direct internal regional managers, product managers and independent sales representatives. Brewster joined Conair in 1987 as a systems engineer. Since then he has held a series of progressively more responsible positions including bulk-system product manager, project manager, national accounts manager and regional manager.
Doug Brewster
Conair Group has formed a multi-disciplinary team for PET that includes representatives from engineering, sales, project management and service, as well as personnel in China and India. The team is headed by Gene Flockerzi, who has been promoted to Global PET general manager. The rest of the team consists of:
Pete Stoughton, PET systems specialist, and Jamie Jamison as PET product manager; Blake Steele, PET project manager; Jeff Conrad PET applications engineer; John Hoover, parts analyst, and Greg Carter, service specialist.
Early in 2008, Conair announced a partnership agreement with Husky Injection Molding Systems (Bolton, Ont.) to provide complete manufacturing solutions for the PET preform market worldwide. This global agreement allows for closer integration and joint development of Husky's injection moulding systems and Conair's plastics auxiliaries systems.
www.conairgroup.com
Jamie Jamison (L) and Gene Flockerzi check a dryer control panel.
Ron Brown, president and CEO of Milacron Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio) has announced the company's two highest honours, the Neil A. Armstrong Award and the James A.D. Geier Leadership Award. Ed Hunerberg, manager of Uniloy Milacron's structural foam machinery business, receives the Armstrong Award, and N.K. Balgi, president of Ferromatik Milacron India gets the Geier Award.
Hunerberg, Brown said, “has opened new frontiers in the structural foam molding field since the early 1970s, leading to his nickname, ‘the father of structural foam’.” Balgi's management style, customer focus and technical expertise, he added, resulted in a 14.5 percent compound annual growth rate in FMI's sales and a 44.8 percent compound annual growth rate in earnings since 1999.
www.milacron.com
Clariant has acquired the combined companies of Rite Systems, Inc. and Ricon Colors Inc., two US masterbatches suppliers that have liquid and solid masterbatches technology. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Rite Systems and Ricon Colors together employ 150 people, and have three US plants and one in Vienna, Austria.
www.clariant.com
Milliken Chemical (Spartanburg, SC), a division of Milliken & Co., has had its Millad NX8000 clarifier for polypropylene named a winner of the 2008 R&D 100 Award, which recognizes the most innovative technologies introduced during the year. This awards program is organised by R&D magazine. Millad NX8000, the next generation in Milliken's range of PP clarifiers, offers a typical 50 percent reduction in haze compared with current industry standards, making highly transparent polypropylene an achievable reality.
www.millikenchemical.com
Cal Dooley, currently the president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association has been selected to lead the American Chemistry Council (Arlington, Va.) Dooley takes over as current president and CEO Jack Gerard leaves to head the American Petroleum Institute as of September 1. Dooley will officially begin at ACC on September 8.
www.americanchemistry.com
The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. has presented Dynamic Conveyor Corp. with its Distinguished Safety Award in recognition for operating with no occupational injuries or illnesses, as defined by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) during 2007.
www.dynamicconveyor.com
Bayer MaterialScience LLC (Pittsburgh, Pa.) has a new licensing agreement with system design specialists Radco Industries (Toledo, Ohio) for its Aura infusion technology. Radco Industries now serves as an equipment and solutions provider for Aura infusion technology licensees. This will mean manufacturers will no longer have to ship stock to an off-site processor to be coloured, then shipped back. The infusion technology equipment can be incorporated into existing manufacturing operations, potentially creating a substantial reduction in internal cost structures by reducing turnaround times and eliminating shipping fees.
www.BayerFantasia.com
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Coming Events
2008
August 28: Canadian Plastics Industry Association's annual golf classic, at Cardinal Golf Club, Kettleby, Ont. (Contact Erin Cimino at 905-678-7748 or ecimino@cpia.ca).
September 4: Canadian Plastics Pioneers Eighth Annual Golf Tournament, at Richmond Hill Golf Club, Richmond Hill, Ont. (Contact: Peter Stephen at 905-940-5577 or pstephen@stephensales.com)
September 23-25: Canadian Manufacturing Week, at the International Centre, Mississauga, Ont. (Contact: 888-322-7333 or www.sme.org)
September 30-October 2: Interplas 2008, Britain's national plastics show, at the Birmingham NEC, UK. (Contact: Graham Earl at 020-8910-7890 or graham.earl@reedexpo.co.uk).
October 7-10: Ausplas 2008, Australia 's leading plastics show. At Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre. (Contact: Robert Damcevski, 61-3-9699-4699 or rob@exhibitionmanagement.com).
October 20-21: Expoplast 2008, Quebec's triennial plastics show, at the Palais de Congres in Montreal. (Contact: Tom Sockett at 905-678-7748 or tsockett@cpia.ca)
October 22: APAC international business development conference, at the Palais de Congres in Montreal. (Contact: Tom Sockett at 905-678-7748 or tsockett@cpia.ca)
October 22-23: Rotoplas '08, the international rotational moulding event, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill. (Contact: Maria at 630-942-6589, or mariap@cmservnet.com)
November 5-6: Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo. At the International Centre, Mississauga, Ont. (Contact: Arnie Gess, 403-638-4410 or arnie.gess@cwre.ca).
November 18-19: Canadian Association of Mold Makers' Trade Fair, at Caesar's Windsor. (Contact Diane Deslippe at 519-255-7863, or info@camm.ca).
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